[macvoiceover] Re: Anyone else trying Yosemite?

  • From: Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 10:50:09 -0600

Hey George,

Good advice! I’m glad to hear that there are VO users giving Yosemite a try! 
How are you liking it so far?

Russell
> On Jul 30, 2014, at 3:27 PM, George B <gbmagoo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Ron I am testing also.  The important thing is you can't not wait to submit
> info it needs to be done a s a p so they can address it...NOW  the sooner
> they get feedback the chance it can be addressed before October when it
> comes out to the public.  Once that happens we are as they say screwed as
> people with accessibility needs for we are the miniorty when it comes to
> fixes after a o s, is public.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ron J.
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 13:56
> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Anyone else trying Yosemite?
> 
> Hey Russell,
> 
>       Ron here.  Yes, I'm trying out the Yosemite Beta as well.  I
> actually 
> signed up for it, the day after WWDC.
> 
>       I'm not currently using the native Mail app, but GyazMail instead.  
> What I am seeing, thus far, is that there seem to be VO issues in 
> Safari, regarding interacting with tables, etc, on websites, such as 
> RUSC.com, difficulties interacting with the 6-Day forecast group, in 
> the weather widget, etc.
> 
>       I've not submitted feedback on these specific issues, yet, but plan
> to.
> 
>       Another thing I'm seeing is a strange audio artifact in the Alex 
> voice, when it reads certain text.  Again, I need to submit feedback on 
> this behavior.
> 
>       I know, as per Apple's NDA, we can't discuss specifics about
> Yosemite, 
> so I hope the issues we've mentioned aren't in violation of it?
> 
>       I'm running Yosemite Beta in a 2.8GHz late 2011 MacBook pro with 8GB
> 
> RAM and a 750GB standard laptop drive.  Installation went smoothly, and 
> Yosemite Beta appears to be performing well.
> 
> Take care,
> 
> Ron
> 
> On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:02:51 -0600, Russell Solowoniuk wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Last night I signed up for the Yosemite beta, and installed it on my 
>> iMac, early 2009. So far it seems to work quite well with VO, except 
>> I am finding some issues when moving or deleting email messages in 
>> the Mail program. VO keeps losing focus after a message is moved or 
>> deleted, and, sometimes the message you think you are moving is not 
>> the one that gets moved! Yikes! :)
>> 
>> The beauty of this beta is that they have a "Feedback Assistant" in 
>> the utilities folder which is really easy to use.
>> 
>> I'd like to encourage those who are able, to sign up and try out the 
>> beta and give lots of accessibility issues feedback! This way perhaps 
>> when Yosemite is released in October we won't have so many bugs to 
>> deal with.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Russell>
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